today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

Quote for today … “This is like being in an Alfred Hitchcock movie, only it’s stink bugs instead of birds. When you step outside, they jump on you. This is like a plague or something!” – From a newspaper article about the invasion of stink bugs.

• Columbia Police Department news release

• Politically safe lawmakers see no shutdown urgency – Harrisburg Patriot-News
  

• “Here’s why Gov. Corbett’s healthcare plan is a win for seniors: Brian Duke” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Yesterday’s York Daily Record editorial is interesting. Caterpillar Tractor has announced it’s going to keep the shell of its former presence in York. Good news, you think. Until we read the editorial that identified that the reason Cat’s “staying” is that the company got paid to stay. Yep, Cat’s a “corporate welfare case.” The company’s getting grants and state funded largess to stay put … even though the company produces no new jobs. There always seems to be resounding “bitching” about welfare and handouts for people, there’s little when corporations get handouts. Especially when there are no jobs created. Read the editorial!

• Letter writer bemoans Harrisburg’s “rowdy night on Second Street.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News